Data processing involves the capture, digitisation and processing of data that originates from various different sources. It involves all of the steps necessary to convert data into an electronic format. Data processing is one of the fastest growing segments of BPO industry in Ireland and the volume of data processing projects being outsourced is growing daily. Normal data processing categories include the following:

·Word processing where the data is processed, converted and formatted in a word document

· Cheque processing, which includes data entry of data presented on cheque into the Client***8217;s online database.

·Survey processing, which includes the data entry of surveys done across various industries and presenting them in an online database for public or private reference

· OCR cleanup which isthe process by which trained technicians control the quality of the data provided.OCR cleanup basically has three steps. These are to identify first the suspected OCR characters, second to dispatch the errors to the data entry operator and lastly to assert the validity of the data. The last section of the OCR cleanup is usually done manually.

·Data Mining is the extraction of hidden predictive information from large databases. Data mining tools can answer business questions that traditionally that were too time-consuming to resolve. They scour databases for hidden patterns, finding predictive information that experts may miss because it lies outside their expectations.

· Data cleansingis the process of amending or removing data in a databasethat is incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted, or duplicated. Data processing can be an automated data entry process operating on a machine. As the data referred to contains important information, once it is presented anywhere, it is very necessary to ensure that the information is absolutely correct, so it must finally be checked by a technician.

Data Processing Services provides so many different kinds of services related to data security, reliability. Each company should give complete suite of data processing services to keep the customer files up-to-date.

Data processing services provides so many different types of services relevant to data security, stability. Each company should give complete program of details managing methods to keep the client details up-to-date.